Example sentences of "to [be] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second day of four : Essex ( 8–1 ) trail England A ( 456–7 dec ) by 448 runs IT was the kind of dank , dismal day when opening batsmen were happier to be off the field than on it . |
| 2 | The map showed Reggane to be off the main piste . |
| 3 | Gillroy could no longer raise Darwin , and Koepang seemed to be off the air . |
| 4 | ‘ That means you 're going to be off the streets for quite a while . ’ |
| 5 | Heiden is one of those places which , though famous and well developed , can still claim to be off the beaten track . |
| 6 | Indeed , in Britain , the short-lived post-Thatcher pro-Europeanism has been dissipated in a wave of Atlanticism and jingoism — talk of political union now seems to be off the agenda . |
| 7 | And red lead it and then used to be off the top of the jib . |
| 8 | I think you ought to be off the deaf-aid by now . ’ |
| 9 | He is now likely to be off the track until Deauville in mid-August , followed by a tilt at the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 10 | Did you not have to be off the ground a wee bit or something . |
| 11 | And if you said you wanted to be off the route slightly , no problem he 'd go around . |